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Introduction by Jermaine (Live at The Forum, August 26, 1972)The Jackson 5

Released: August 26, 1972

Songwriter: The Jackson 5

Producer: The Jackson 5

[Spoken Intro: Jermaine Jackson, Jackie Jackson, Michael Jackson, (Marlon Jackson)]
- I'd like to say you guys are such a wonderful audience
- (Say, Jackie, look at Jermaine)
- What are you doing, man?
- What are you doing?
- I'm fixin' to do my thing now
- Now wait a minute, now wait a minute, now you know when The Jackson 5 sing, we always line up, one, two, three, four, five
- Know what? I'm coming up there with you right now
- The line is back there, fellas. This is my line. I'm finna give them my show now
- Wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute, that don't sound right, man, your thing. Your brother wanna come up there with you and you gon' pull him on back and everything. And you think you slick. I know what you up to. You tryna get out there with the young ladies
- That's right
- But you not gon' do that, man. Then every time with this funny line, you always sayin', "I'm gettin' ready to my thing"
- That's right
- "I'm gettin' ready to do my thing." Where you comin' from, man? Get yourself together
- I just want them to know that I have an album and a single out, that's all
- (Why didn't you say so, man?)
- And the song I'm fixin' to do is a title from my album, "That's How Love Goes"

The Jackson 5

The Jackson 5 were originally formed in 1963 under the name, The Jackson Brothers. The founding members were Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, and Marlon. Michael would join the group as the lead singer a year later, a move which pushed Jermaine to sing the backing vocals and play the lead guitar.

After participating in a series of talent shows, they entered the professional music scene in 1967, signing with Steeltown Records and releasing ten singles. In 1969, they left Steeltown Records in order to sign with Motown.

In 1975, most of the Jacksons had opted out of recording any more music for Motown, expressing desires to have creative control over their songs, as well as royalties. Learning that they were earning only 2.8% of royalties from Motown, Joe Jackson, the father and manager of the group, began to negotiate a lucrative contract with Epic records, which offered a royalty rate of 20% per record. The deal was completed in June 1975. As Motown owned the name The Jackson 5, the group simply renamed themselves The Jacksons.

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